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Definition of Prodigious
1. Adjective. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe. "Stupendous demand"
2. Adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance. "A prodigious vision"
3. Adjective. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree. "The young Mozart's prodigious talents"
Similar to: Extraordinary
Derivative terms: Exception
Definition of Prodigious
1. a. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.
Definition of Prodigious
1. Adjective. Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prodigious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prodigious
Literary usage of Prodigious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"pecially the latter, by laying rat's-bane and other poisons for them, and a
prodigious multitude of them were also destroyed. I often reflected upon the ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Mr. Stuart, and the historian Cabanes—Prodigious force of the French army—State
of Spain—Inertness of Gallicia—Secret plan of the regency for encouraging ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... Mr Stuart, and the historian Cabanes—Prodigious force of the French army—State
of Spain—Inertness of Gallicia—Secret plan ol the regency for encouraging ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... remove the prodigious burden which is discharged into them by their numerous
tributaries, and by what means they are enabled to convey the whole mass to ..."
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